/lounge/ - Lounge

Like many spergs, I was interested in politics since I was young. How ironic, autists study politics, but sociopaths do politics. Anyway.
Most of us are pacified by the elites and given copes to stop complaining. I do believe that nerd culture (bibeo games, Fanko Pops, Star Wars, all that shit) in the 10s was astroturfed by the CIA or some other agency like that to shift the zeitgeist from actually important questions to "Kennedy ruined muh Star Wars" or some other shit. There is no other reason for normies to be interested in fucking Marvel movies, which are such a clear psyop to brainwash the population.
You could see it in popular media too. The goal is to make us live through the rebellion on the screen instead of doing it ourselves. Take the Hunger Games, Star Wars, any piece of media made in the 10s, it's all about sticking it to the big man. It must be inspiring, right? No! We basically see it on the screen, our sense of righteousness is satisfied, and we can go back to gooning to trap porn or whatever.
Additionally, GamerGate (yes, we are going to talk about that) was a way to create controlled opposition on the right and on the left both. They took gamers and forced them to "care" about politics, but this "caring" extended only to shitting on boobs in video games/lack of boobs in video games. It is as if the political charge of the youth was diverted to arguing over the latest balwashed character in YouTube comment session.
There is just no reason for normies to care about video games, but video games are at their peak of popularity. Why? Before, they were the domain of nerds. Now, norms sweat in DOTA 2 or whatever for 3000 of hours. It's clearly a push to divert their attention in the virtual world. And by virtual world I don't mean communities where people can connect and plan together.
Ever wondered why "for you" page exists and why its so different for all people? To divide the population. Nowadays, the algorithm exists to create those small bubbles where people barely interact with anything that doesn't fit their worldview and creates safe spaces of familiar information which doesn't challenge but dulls the mind.(READ THE RULES)

No politics or religion in the crawl thread, please.

>Ambient sounds to wash away distraction
https://asoftmurmur.com/

I'm actually worried about the OS needing ID to even let you use your computer. How TF do you even get around it? Use a non-mainstream OS? Can we even prepare before this happens?

We used to have one of these back in the day. Post random Wikipedia articles.
Oikophobia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikophobia
Henoteism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism
Depressive realism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism
Clinophilia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinophilia

no means no!

(oh wow i didn't know there was a word minimum in the op. this might benefit longform serious discussion across long time spans)

Until recently, surveillance functioned much like a modern panopticon, creating the illusion of constant observation. But with AI, we’re fast approaching a reality where it will be possible to genuinely monitor everyone, all the time.

It will become possible to instantly identify 'bad' behavior, and in some cases, even raise suspicion before it occurs. I use 'bad' in quotation marks because its definition is entirely shaped by those in power. Under the wrong circumstances, what’s considered 'bad' could be a personal opinion—or even an entire ethnicity.

Social media already allows a small group of powerful oligarchs to shape what people see—and by extension, what they believe. While propaganda has always existed, social media takes it to a new level, making it harder to recognize the source. Even worse, it's personalized, creating isolated groups with entirely different sets of information and viewpoints.

With the rise of AI, however, this influence will only grow. Not only will algorithms become more advanced in how they rank and recommend content, but they’ll also be able to generate fake content or messages, passing them off as organic.

I can’t predict the future, but I’d bet that the majority of people won’t even notice this shift. Most are tech-illiterate,and tech companies dominate the flow of information, which means any discussions about this will be limited and hard to find. It won’t be a secret, per se, but discussions about it will be few and far between. When those discussions do exist, they’ll likely be watered down to avoid sounding paranoid or extreme.

How does this make you feel emotionally? How would you react to it? The implications of this technology really bother me, but I know bringing it up in real life would likely make me seem paranoid, so I just keep it to myself.

How is it that white people have become so pathetic and self destructive in modern times? They can't express pride or love for their own people and skin color without being called racist, every predominately white country is expected to be flooded with other ethnic groups, and when those groups begin to take over by way of gaining political power its celebrated as progress. Whites no longer being the majority in their own countries is seen as a good thing, when the inverse would be seen as colonialism. What the hell happened?

i relapsed after being 4chan free for about 10 months because i searched up a magic word.
even if this isn't 4chan, i still consider this defeat because i see no difference.

Do you have a place where you feel good to be; a secret place only you know that you go and feel at ease and not stressed anymore? Can you tell us what is this place that make you feel calm?

I've always wondered how a country of wizards would be run. Genuine inquiry. I don't wanna hear any normalnigger cope like "they'll just become degenerate like the rest of us lol!" normies say to make themselves feel better. I mean seriously. From my experience being around r9k and wizchan (being raised by them and being one for life), I've encountered many wizards over the years who are profoundly intelligent, but regular societal structures harm them to the point where they never realize their true potential. They are struggling to exist peacefully enough to attain self-actualization, which seems to the wizard's highest goal by instinct. No matter where they are in the world, the patterns are always the same.

Let's pretend that in this hypothetical country, there's an even mixture of wizards and virgin maidens.

I'm thinking the fertility rates would be low since they'll breed slower, but they'll produce higher quality offspring, mate for life monogamously and have big households. Since this is a high IQ population, they'll make better dietary decisions if animal proteins were cheaper, produce higher IQ offspring and have far higher impulse control than normal people. IQ is very important here, because it's connected to a long lifespan, stable families and an advanced society.

There won't be the constant pursuit of happiness or chasing the future, since most wizards are deeply aware of the dark realities of life and struggle to delude themselves like everyone else. Perhaps they'll understand the present moment is enough since its all there is, and being nihilistic is normal, and in a country like this, they won't have to feel alone. I know I certainly won't feel alone, but I don't know if other wizards would.

I believe the internet age in the 80s-90s was the most revolutionary step. For the first time in human history, the wizard discovered he is not alone in the world. At the heart of the internet, this was the most profound transformation that rippled outward. Now that we're already halfway into the millenium, I think a nation of wizards might be the next step into the future.

What do you guys think? I have never seen anyone discuss these hypotheticals before, ever.